Neo Nazi Skinheads
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Essay title: Neo Nazi Skinheads
Skinheads are a subdivision group of Neo-Nazis. During the late 1960s, skinhead
groups organized in Britain. By the 1970s, the British National Front (NF)-the Nation
Socialist Party- began to infiltrate skinhead groups. They espoused nationalism, and often
staged protests against nonwhite immigration. The trend spread to other countries
including the United States, and Canada. Today, skinhead groups in North America are
known by such names as Hammerskins, Fourth Reich Skins, League of Aryan Warriors,
and American Front.
These racist skinheads, who are known for their shaved heads and membership in
hate groups, have been responsible for many violent acts. According to Merton's anomie
theory, they exhibit the fifth adaptive strategy, which is rebellion. They reject society's
goals and replace them with their own deviant goals and means.
The skinheads subscribe to Nazi beliefs, as outlined in the 1920s by the German
dictator Adolf Hitler. The new Nazis (or Neo-Nazi skinheads) have formed groups or
alliances with other "radical far-right people". Radical far-right people refer to those who
favor a society with one language, religion and way of life. They are often antigovernment,
and usually oppose a pluralistic society. A pluralistic society is a society with people from
many different language backgrounds, religions and lifestyles. Neo-Nazi groups are made
up of people who despise those different from themselves. However, they often claim that
those who oppose them are the ones full of hate. They also say their critics will not listen
to reasonable arguments about Nazi views. Yet, their so-called reasonable arguments are
usually based on partial truths or outright falsehoods.
Their philosophy is to hate everybody else that is not of the "Aryan race". They
believe that they are doing nothing wrong and they are just proud of their race and their
culture.
The normal thing for a skinhead to do is drive down the street, and look for
"anybody that was different"; blacks Hispanics, etc. They would then throw things such as
beer bottles, and yell at the person, and if the person yelled back, it gave them a right to
brutally beat them.
Members of the white supremacy movement look for young, angry kids who need
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